The day's news in pictures: January 07, 2014

New car sales raced to a six-year high in 2013, the motor industry has announced.

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More than three-quarters of British people want to see a cut in immigration, a survey of social attitudes has revealed.

However, fewer people now than in 2011 think immigration is bad for the economy - 47% in 2013 compared with 52% two years previously, new findings from NatCen Social Research's British Social Attitudes survey found.

Meanwhile, Britain remains at risk of more flooding as rain continues to plague the south of the country and tidal surges batter the coast.

More than 120 flood warnings remain in place across the country, including in Dorset, Oxfordshire, south Wiltshire, Hampshire and along the river Thames, while more than 200 low-level alerts have been issued.

And, some NHS patients are going to casualty dozens of times a year, according to a BBC investigation.